Ohio Wesleyan University - Le Bijou Yearbook (Delaware, OH)

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ARTHUR s. FLEMMING AS NINTH PRESIDENT or er-no WESLEYAN vuwavszfisafrr , I--r .45 1 Y ns, f, 1-.. f.,.3,g, 1 :-11: 1- .-A j::1....r 'if'-.1.. - if i'-,'.f- i-H'.i '.'v'.:5Q'-' 1-:-C--,I-iii?-1+'-2515?'f?3,',E27F':?f'ff?-P2217 Y 'l 4? i,..Q7?j Bishop Herbert Welsh, who served as the universi'Ly's Iiflll president from 1905 to 1916, delivered the Charge Lo the President as Dr. Arthur Sherwood Flemming was inaugurated as Ohio Wesleyal1's ninth pres- ident on June 11, 1949. In the background, ex-President lloovcr, Lowell Thomas and Dean F icken loo on. Wesleya11's gayest academic pageantry blossomed forth amid grindi11g tele- vision eameras, a nationwide CBS hookup, and before almost 6000 on the after- noon of .lune eleventh in Selby Stadium. Nearly two hundred visiting delegates representing American universities and colleges, and hosts of Wesleya.n students, alumni, and friends were on hand to applaud the inauguration of Dr. Arthur Sherwood Flemming as the ninth president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Coming a day before Dr. Flemming's forty-fourth birthday, the inauguration ceremonies highlighted a crowded commencement weekend. The Honorable Herbert Clark Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, delivered the main address at the inauguration of his colleague on the now famous Hoover Commission. Hoover commented 011 how marked the change has been in our attitude toward individual enterprise, and implored the youth of today to again become characterized by independence and initiative, and to strike out on their own . Bishop Herbert 'Welsl1, former president of the university, delivered the Charge to the President. Later both ex-President Hoover and Lowell Thomas, principal speaker at the alumni luncheon, were granted honorary degrees.

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HERBERT HOOVER'S ADDRESS HIGHLIGHTS THE INAUGURATION OF DR At home Dr. Arthur S. Flemming informally chats with the Honor- able Herhert Clark Hoover, thirty-first president of the United States, before Hoover delivers the main address of the inauguration Ex-President Hoover finds the enthusiastic welcome of Susan, Harry and the twins, Art and Tommy, indicative of the reception of Dela ware and the university in' his long anticipated visit to campus. Seniors cluster behind the speakers' stand as the academic proces sion is interrupted to broadcast Hoover's address nationwide over ' CBS. Television cameras record the historic inauguration of Wesleyan,s ninth president as nearly 6000 witness the ceremonies.

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Hill li. P7 FIRST ROW: P. Secrest, Mrs. P. T. Thornbur , A. S. Flemming, H. O. Yoder, J. E. Brown, H. J. Burgstahler, NV. B. Rickey. SECOND Row: R. E. Hall, C. B. lliills, E. G. Beal, M. W. Selby, R. H. Walker, W. F. Bigelow. Tnmn Row: D. F. Wood, S. R. Mauck, E. H. Cherringtou, H. E. Hageman, W. E. Bliss, C. A. Jones. BACK Row: F. B. Kelley, H. C. Lucas, J. C. Roberts, D. J. Hornberger, D. D. Battelle, F. G. Easley, D. B. Watkins. The Board of Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University is the governing body of all major university action. The original charter of the board gave to this group the power to appoint the administration and faculty, to confer all degrees, and to transact all business affairs for the university. Nineteen members of the board are appointed by the Ohio and North-East Conference of the Methodis't Church from outstanding church and lay men. Nine members are elected by the alumni and ten members are elected by the board-at-large. The university president and chancellor are ex-oilicio members of the board. All members are elected for five year terms with two alumni elected annually. The board is governed by an executive committee elected from their own membership. Mr. Harvey O. Yoder, of Cleveland, has served as the president of the board for the past year. Much work is done by the board through committees which are responsible for the various phases of university action. Even with these committees at work throughout the year, the board does not try to govern every action of the university. It does, instead, delegate much of its power to the admin- istrative officers of the university. The Ohio Wesleyan University Board of Trustees., however, remains an active part of the university campus. WHAT WESLEYAN IS AND WHAT WESLEYAN WILL BE THESE MEN DETERMINE